Get ready to lose some sleep, because there are four - yes, FOUR - competitions on three different continents this week! Several top skaters will premier new free skates at Japan Open, while the Challenger Series continues in both Canada and Slovakia and the Junior Grand Prix makes its sixth stop in Estonia.
This post will be updated as more information appears.
JAPAN OPEN & CARNIVAL ON ICE
Japan Open is an invitational team competition where skaters are grouped into Team Japan, Team Europe, and Team North America. Each team is composed of two ladies and two men. Skaters compete with only their free skates. Scores are added together and the team with the highest total wins. Retired skaters can also be invited. The Japan Open gala is called Carnival on Ice and features skaters who did not participate in the competition, in addition to the ones who did.
Results | Announcement & schedule
Japan Open website | Carnival on Ice website | TV Tokyo Facebook
When: Oct. 1
Where: Saitama, Japan
Level & disciplines: senior men & ladies
How to watch: Delayed broadcast on TV Tokyo (Stream)
Schedule (local time, UTC+9)
Japan Open: Oct. 1 at 13:00; Broadcast Oct. 1 at 18:30
Carnival on Ice: Oct. 1 at 19:00; Broadcast Oct. 2 at 16:00
Team Japan: Satoko Miyahara, Wakaba Higuchi, Shoma Uno, Nobunari Oda
Team Europe: Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Pogorilaya, Javier Fernandez, Florent Amodio
Team North America: Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold, Adam Rippon, Jeremy Abbott
AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL
A junior competition for singles will take place at the same time as the senior competition, but is not part of the Challenger Series.
Website & results | Entries & overview | Detailed schedule | Livestream
Designation: Challenger Series
When: Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
Where: Montreal, QC, Canada
Level & disciplines: senior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
How to watch: Free livestream on Dailymotion
Senior schedule (local time, UTC-4)
9/29: Short dance 18:45
9/30: Ladies’ SP 15:50; Pairs’ SP 18:20; Men’s SP 19:30
10/1: Ladies’ FS 13:25; Free dance 16:30; Pairs’ FS 18:15; Men’s FS 19:40
Notable entries: Daniel Samohin, Yuzuru Hanyu, Max Aaron, Misha Ge, Alaine Chartrand, Rika Hongo, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Na Hyun Kim, Joshi Helgesson, Mirai Nagasu, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorensen, Isabella Tobias/Ilia Tkachenko, Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker
ONDREJ NEPELA MEMORIAL
Results | Entries | Detailed schedule | Website | Livestream
Designation: Challenger Series
When: Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
Where: Bratislava, Slovakia
Level & disciplines: senior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
How to watch: Free livestream
Schedule (local time, UTC+2)
9/29: Ladies’ SP 16:00; Pairs’ SP 20:00
9/30: Men’s SP 12:00; Short dance 15:00; Ladies’ FS 17:30
10/1: Pairs’ FS 12:00; Men’s FS 13:30; Free dance 17:00
Notable entries: Kevin Reynolds, Daisuke Murakami, Denis Ten, Sergei Voronov, Alexander Johnson, Angelina Kuchvalska, Da Bin Choi, Alena Leonova, Julia Lipnitskaia, Maria Sotskova, Nicole Rajicova, Mariah Bell, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov, Natalia Zabijako/Alexander Enbert, Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev, Tiffany Zahorski/Jonathan Guerreiro, Madison Chock/Evan Bates
JGP TALLINN CUP
Live results | Entries & overview | Detailed schedule | Livestream
Designation: Junior Grand Prix
When: Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
Where: Tallinn, Estonia
Level & disciplines: junior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
How to watch: Free livestream on the JGP Youtube channel
Schedule (local time, UTC+3)
9/29: Ladies’ SP 10:30; Pairs’ SP 15:40; Men’s SP 18:20
9/30: Short dance 11:15; Pairs’ FS 14:15; Ladies’ FS 17:10
10/1: Free dance 10:30; Men’s FS 13:35
Notable entries: Roman Sadovsky, Koshiro Shimada, Alexander Samarin, Petr Gumennik, Vincent Zhou, Mako Yamashita, Rin Nitaya, Elizaveta Nugumanova, Polina Tsurskaya, Amina Atakhanova/Ilia Spiridonov, Ekaterina Borisova/Dmitry Sopot, Alina Ustimkina/Nikita Volodin, Renata Oganesian/Mark Bardei, Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson, Alla Loboda/Pavel Drozd, Anastasia Skoptcova/Kirill Aleshin, Chloe Lewis/Logan Bye
